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Afghanistan/South Asia

Deadly explosion rocks Indian train

2005-07-29

An explosion on a train in northern India has killed seven people and injured 38 others. The blast took place on a moving train near the town of Jaunpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. "So far, seven people have died and 38 have been injured in the explosion," Uttar Pradesh police chief Yashpal Singh said.

He said the injured, some of them in serious condition, were admitted to nearby hospitals. "We still can't say if it was a bomb that exploded in the toilet of an unreserved coach," Singh said. "It could be that somebody was carrying an explosive." Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav earlier told reporters in the eastern city of Patna it was unclear whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or by the gas cylinder of a cooking stove, sometimes carried by villagers on trains in India. "There was a blast on an unreserved coach, but it wasn't a very big explosion," Rajendra Singh, a senior railways official, said in Lucknow.

Posted by:Fred

#6 What group? India has so many to choose from. I am hoping that the Jihadi get India in a fully pissed off mode. That will put more pressure on Pakistan to clean up it's act of harboring and fostering terrorist jihadi who have a goal of claiming all of India for the "Caliphate" just like the "good old days." The alternative for Pakistan is total annihilation.

Posted by: Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-07-29 13:52

#5 "Honey, you're not gonna wear that explosive belt to Uncle Mahendra's party are you?"
"I was gonna..."
"It just doesn't match your shoes! Wear this one!"

Posted by: Fred 2005-07-29 12:41

#4 We still can't say if it was a bomb that exploded in the toilet of an unreserved coach," Singh said. "It could be that somebody was carrying an explosive.

hidden bomb left in toilet vs. suicide belt???

Posted by: too true 2005-07-29 10:27

#3 Indian bomb disposal experts have found traces of a high explosive in a passenger train which was rocked by a blast on Thursday, officials say. At least 10 people were killed and more than 50 others injured in the explosion on the Shramjivi Express in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Traces of the high explosive RDX have been found in the compartment where the blast occurred. A senior Jaunpur police official Devraj Nagar told Reuters they were investigating whether the blast was the work of militants. "The nature of the blasts suggests the use of RDX explosive. A terrorist hand cannot be ruled out," he said.
A BBC correspondent in India says police are also investigating the possibility of any connection with an attack on the disputed religious site in the northern town of Ayodhya earlier this month. The police say similar explosives were used in the Ayodhya attack, which was blamed on Muslim militants.

Posted by: Steve 2005-07-29 09:45

#2 "We still can't say if it was a bomb that exploded in the toilet of an unreserved coach," Singh said. "It could be that somebody was carrying an explosive."

Anyone else having problems making sense of this quote?

Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-29 08:55

#1 but it wasn't a very big explosion

Wasn't TF then.

Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-29 08:48

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